White's The New X-Black.

Advantages: Ultraportable, Stylish, Internal DVD±RW, Long Battery Life
Disadvantages: Few External Ports, Small Screen, Extortionate Price Tag

...I have used several Sony VAIO TX5MN/W's in the workplace and I must say that I found them more than satisfactory. I like Sony products in general - especially the intuitive design and style of them and this product has both in buket-loads. The X-Black widescreen display is tiny at a mere 11" which, while excellent in quality, makes it hard to work at for an extended period of time. In keeping with the miniscule theme, the keyboard is ultra-compact (which sometimes makes typing a little clumsier than a full sized keyboard would provide). On the other hand, the small features allow this to be a truly ultraportable, stylish machine. The touchpad is of a decent size but the buttons are awkwardly placed making an external mouse a good idea. The battery life for the TX5MN/W is amazing - around 7 hours in practice. However, to acheive this...

Khior 10.06.2007 (13.06.2007) · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio VGN-TX5MN/W

Who's a clever boy then?

Advantages: Does everything it's supposed to and a bit more
Disadvantages: They'd have to be awful to mess up a keyboard design

...not reached any high star ratings in my own personal opinion. Lets hope this can do better. As you would expect, the keyboard comes in black and is a typical QWERTY keyboard (it's so fun typing that, just one letter next to another). All the keys are their typical size, with the 'F' keys and the such along the top being smaller and less fat. Every key is a pleasure to push, and very responsive, that is why I now use this computer over my old laptop when typing reviews - typing a lot just feels so much more natural on a keyboard rather than a built-in keyboard to the laptop. Of course things are quite a bit different to a laptop keyboard, as there is more space, and it may take me a while to get back used to a keyboard considering I haven't really used one since my days at school. Everything feels quite natural to me immediately though...

nathaninnit 06.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Genius Comfy KB-06X Black - keyboard

Suunto Vector Black Negative face

Advantages: Light weight, good features if calibrated properly. Rugged.
Disadvantages: Quite big, but it does do a lot to be fair!!!!

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sasco05 18.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Suunto Vector X-Black Outdoor Computers

Great low-mid level laptop, for work, rest and play!

Advantages: Superfast, great design and nice-sized harddrive
Disadvantages: There are more advanced laptops out there. Price varies considerably.

...Here we have another great laptop by Sony and should that surprise anyone, considering that Sony are one of the most respected manufacturers of electronics in the world ? The Sony Vaio VGN-NS30E/W is a low-mid level laptop designed to fit the needs of most business and leisure users. To better illustrate the features, the pros and the cons I've split the review into sections for you................ APPEARANCE -------------------- This laptop is honestly gorgeous in its design. The white frame gives it a very crisp and clean look, much like an IPOD and makes you excited to see what it can do. Upon opening the laptop, you're greeted with a stunning screen with X-Black technology. This means that the black backgrounds, vivid colours of media players and photos look very deep and rich. Games, movies and applications all look...

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Review of Sony VAIO NS Series VGN-NS30E/W

Great for games and films

Advantages: good graphics card for games, blu ray, good amount of hard drive space
Disadvantages: battery, weight

...The VAIO AR series laptops are some of the most powerful on the market, and have great build quality to go with it. One of the greatest parts of the laptop is the ability to watch blu ray discs on the move in full hd. There are only a few companies that offer this, and for the price - it is an excellent additional feature. This does drain the battery, however it does last a reasonable time for using it on the go. Another great feature is the screen. It is a massive 17", and has an X Black display which reduces reflection of the glossy screen. THe gloss also makes blacks look deeper and darker. Overall this is a great entertainment, gaming, power laptop - great product!...

d15549 03.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio VGN-AR71E

VAIO BZ12VN

Advantages: pretty decent laptop
Disadvantages: quite expensive

...makes whatever your doing on your laptop a lot easier to do. This screen is also active matrix, this is being used by so much more laptop manufacturers nowadays as it makes the screen lighter, therefore making the laptop lighter, is makes the image quality so much better than a normal TFT screen and it also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before. Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles. In the past, watching movies on laptops has been for only one person and two people positioned very closely to each other. Even then you would have to set your laptop up just right pointing at exactly where your...

techno_man_37 09.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony VAIO BZ Series VGN-BZ12VN

fantastic laptop from the vaio range.

Advantages: fast, looks good.
Disadvantages: could have more storage space, but for me its fine.

...quality so much better than a normal TFT screen and it also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before. Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles. In the past, watching movies on laptops has been for only one person and two people positioned very closely to each other. Even then you would have to set your laptop up just right pointing at exactly where your sat to get a good picture and if you moved your body in the slightest your view would be spoilt and the screen would look black and faces look weird colours too. However, with X-black technology, you can just watch your laptop from pretty much any...

techno_man_37 03.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony VAIO BX51VN / BX51XP

Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Xi 2528

Advantages: very fast, very cheap
Disadvantages: could look better

...also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before. Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles. In the past, watching movies on laptops has been for only one person and two people positioned very closely to each other. Even then you would have to set your laptop up just right pointing at exactly where your sat to get a good picture and if you moved your body in the slightest your view would be spoilt and the screen would look black and faces look weird colours too. However, with X-black technology, you can just watch your laptop from pretty much any angle, your whole family could be crowded round watching...

techno_man_37 18.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Xi 2528

small screen, but still great

Advantages: portability
Disadvantages: small screen

...also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before. Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles. In the past, watching movies on laptops has been for only one person and two people positioned very closely to each other. Even then you would have to set your laptop up just right pointing at exactly where your sat to get a good picture and if you moved your body in the slightest your view would be spoilt and the screen would look black and faces look weird colours too. However, with X-black technology, you can just watch your laptop from pretty much any angle, your whole family could be crowded round watching...

techno_man_37 05.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sony Vaio VGN-CR29XN/B

fast cheap laptop

Advantages: fast cheap
Disadvantages: design

...screen, only 15.4 inches infact. This isn’t really small however a lot of laptops nowadays have 17 inch screens so this is a bit of a let down. The screen is actually really good quality and the main reason behind this is because its an active matrix screen. This technology is being used by so much more laptop manufacturers nowadays as it makes the screen lighter, therefore making the laptop lighter, is makes the image quality so much better than a normal TFT screen and it also makes the response time a lot better, which makes videos look sharper, photos look sharper and game playing look better than ever before. Another feature built into this screen is the fantastic X-black technology, this gives you better contrast, better quality, but the best thing of all, this gives you wider viewing angles. In the past, watching movies...

techno_man_37 09.01.2008 · Read review
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